Our Zaylee really loves her sleep! This week we reached a few milestones. From day one she has LOVED her swaddle. The tighter the better! She and I have got a pretty good "sleep time" routine down and as soon as that swaddle was snug around her little body she was half way to dream land. After a few kisses, songs, and prayer she was ready for the comfort of her bed. She has mastered putting herself to sleep, and rarely ever do you hear a peep from her cute little mouth! Out of the blue she decided it wasn't for her anymore!! I would wrap her up and she would give me a frustrated grunt, but I ignored it and off to sleep she would go. For the past 6 weeks or so you could set a clock for 40 minutes from the time I put her in her bed, to the time she woke up. By the time I started doing my housework, she would be up again! Although I didn't mind, because she was always in a joyful mood filling my days with smiles :) This week though, her nap times have stretched out between an hour to two hours! The other day I found out why. When I went up to peek on her (who doesn't love the sight of a sleeping baby?!?!), she had ROLLED OVER!! Normally this would be an exciting sight, BUT she was still in her swaddle helpless, with her arms tucked snug against her body. Although it clearly didn't bother her as she slept soundly for over two hours, I knew it was time to kiss the swaddle goodbye. This was a hard one to let go. She wasn't my tiny little baby anymore. She is growing up TOO FAST! I was nervous she wouldn't sleep well, but to my surprise she slept in until 8:30. Crazy!
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| Does it look like she was bothered?! |
All week I have been working with her to accomplish her great attempts at rolling over. She would get SO close, and then flop back on to her backside. Yesterday, however, when I tiptoed into her room at nap time, she did it!! She went from her back to her belly! I was so sad I missed it. This morning she did it again, and again we missed it. Hopefully she will show us her new moves today. It's so fun watching her grow and change and adapt to new things!
She is now giggling, but doesn't do so freely quite yet. We have to work pretty hard at getting that big grin to turn into a sweet sounding giggle. I can't wait to hear what her laughter sounds like. I love the YouTube videos with babies laughing, it truly is the sweetest thing!! Soon, very soon, she will be joining all those little ones. Maybe she is waiting for her Aunts and Uncles to really pull it out of her!!
Her last little accomplishment is holding tightly to a toy. She doesn't get it quite yet, and the toy of choice is about her size, but this little lady has a mean grip! :)
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